Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the release from prison on bail of (a) Niloufar Hamedi and (b) Elaheh Mohammadi in Iran.
We welcome the release of Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi on bail, however it remains within Iran's power to commute their sentences. This case demonstrates the brutal reality of life in Iran for journalists. As a Media Freedom Coalition member, we continue to promote press freedom as a key pillar of human rights infrastructure, and call for the immediate release of all arbitrarily detained journalists.